Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dagley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 26, 2004PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSosman, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first *714degree, on grounds of extreme atrocity or cruelty, stemming from the beating death of his girl friend.1 At trial, the defendant admitted that he had killed the victim, but contended that the homicide was a manslaughter, not any form of murder. On appeal, he argues that (1) his statement to the police should have been suppressed for violation of his statutory right to make a telephone call (G. L. c. 276, § 33A) and for failure to make an electronic recording of the interrogation, and (2) that the prosecutor’s closing argument contained an…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- David L. Murtishaw v. Jeanne Woodford, Warden of the California State Prison at San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Commonwealth v. JudgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. DayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. SandersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. ZanettiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
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- Commonwealth v. AdjutantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
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